Brothers until the end

by Spiritus

First day in Equestria

Day 1

I awake in a brand new colourful world, filled with pure white puffy clouds and extremely green grass with little bits of dew shining with the golden sun reflecting off of them. I notice that I am in a small little clearing in the centre of a dark forest. I get up off the grass to have a little look around. Then I remembered what Luna had said that my mate would be joining me in this new world as well. I realised that there wasn't enough room for both of us to be in the same clearing, so I decided to go for a little wonder around for any signs of life around here or to hopefully find him, before he gets confused about what has happened. I head to my right and after a minute or two find a dirt pathway out of the forest. As I walked down the pathway I caught a glimpse of light and movement. Instinctally thinking it was my friend, I started to walk towards it unknowing if it was him or not. Eventually I came a cross a swamp like tree with voodoo horse heads around the building, a smaller than usual door and windows emitting light. The unusual building caught my attention, so I walk up to one of the back windows to have a look for any signs of life. When I look in I see a sick greenish walls with a caldron in the middle of a hearth. Small multi-coloured bottles hanging overhead and on walls with various candles lit around the room accompanied by yet more voodoo horse heads. The only thing that looked normal in the one room deep house was a low bed with a pillow and a yellow cover filled with brown circuler dots. Knowing that I wasn't going to get help off the nut job who lived here I slowly backed away back into the forest. After a little more searching my best friend I managed to exit the forest to come across another small building. This time it was a cottage. The roof is covered in grass and bushes and is filled with runways, holes and perches for animals. The house its self has a lot of windows and a red door that opens the top and bottom of it. Things the owner might be in as animals going and out as the please, I figure that it may be better if both of us was to talk to her than just me. So back into the forest.

About twenty minutes after finding the cottage, I finally find my friend sitting in another small clearing that may have just been a little smaller than the one I first woke up in. I walk up to him noticing he is still sleeping grab a fallen stick and start to poke him in the back with it. It didn't take him long to wake up and end up tackling me to the floor after realising he wasn't at home in his bed anymore.

"You little prick that wasn't funny and where the fuck did you leave me? are we in the forest down the road from the school?" He questioned thinking that it was a prank I pulled on him.

"No, we are in someplace that I have never seen before, have you not noticed it's a whole lot brighter and colourful" I told him.

He looked around and realised that I wasn't joking with him. He got of me and asked "Then where the fuck are we?".

"I don't quite now I woke up around an hour or so ago over in that direction, all I know is that there is wierd buildings all over this place, I found one that I'm pretty sure a psychopath lives in and another with an animal hoarder lives in. So pick who do we talk to for answers?" Answering his question with a question of my own

"I think I want to keep my kidneys' so the animal hoarder." He answered

"Ok then, follow me" I told him

After another twenty minute walk back there, we arrived outside the cottage. Knowing that he didn't like talking to people I went up to the door knocked on it
and heard a faint female voice from inside call out "Just a second, please"

So we waited until the door slowly opened up to see a pale, light gold coated pony with wings, with cyan eyes and a pale, light rose colour for her mane. The second she seen both of us, she slammed the door and flew as fast as she could out an open window and screaming "AHHHHHHHHHHH".

"Well that was interesting" he said, the only thing I think either of us could say in a time like this.

"I know, should we follower her?" I asked concerned that our appearance had scared her.

"I think we should, I want to know what else is going to fly away screaming from us." He answered with a little bit of sarcasm in his voice as he said that the sarcasm and what he just said I started to walk off in the direction she flew off in. Not wanting to know what else was around he soon caught up to me.

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After a little walk came across a large village filled with timber-framed houses that had distinct thatched roofs and overhanging upper floors, a long road filled with a marketplace with other ponies selling vegetables, fruit and other food. Knowing that others may do the same as the light gold pony did we went around the edge of the town not being seen. The only way we knew we were going in the right direction is because we could hear a commotion going on in a large tree with a lot of windows in hollowed out branches with at least three balconies, one of which had a telescope on. Knowing that's where the pony was, we snuke thought alleyways until we were at the back of the house. Since the only way in with alerting others was through the kitchen window. He went first and I went after him, unfortunately I knocked over a mug and it smashed on the floor. I quickly finish getting through the window and hid in a corner before a pony with a mulberry purple coat, a dark sapphire blue with violet and brilliant rose streaks and violet eyes. She also had a six point pink surrounded by five white six pointed stars tattoo on her flank. She was like Princess Luna as she had wings and a horn. Sitting just behind her horn sat a more simple and angular than Luna's with pink gems on each of the crown's points. She looked around noticed the window was open and the curtains moving frantically with the wind walked back out and said "Must have been the wind". The window closed and was surrounded by a light raspberry aura. This probably wasn't the best time to say that we are here to apologise to the one that flew away earlier, especially after breaking and entering. So I gave it a minute, signaled my friend to wait until I gave the word to come out. I went over to the doorway knocked on the door. I had quick look at who and how many was in the room. There was six ponies and a small dragon. I noticed that the one who came into the kitchen earlier was sitting at a small desk with her horn having the same aura glow that was on the window. She was holding a small quill in front of her with a scroll on the desk. Behind her to the left was the light gold pony who started to shiver in fear, knowing that I had followed her and that my friend would not be to far behind. I also got to see that she had tattoo but of three butterflies with cyan bodies and pink wings. To the left of and right of her were to normal looking ponies also with tattoos. The one on the left had a light gamboge coat with a light olive mane and sap green eyes and was wearing a light brown stepson hat with three red apples and green stems and a green leaf on each apple. The other had a light raspberry coat with a messy raspberry mane and tail with light cerulean eyes, her tattoo was three balloons the outer balloons were blue that had yellow strings, the middle was yellow with blue strings. Just in front of them three was pony with wings and a very light cerulean coat with a multicoloured mane and tail ranging from a light red, light vermillion, light gold, sap green, cornflower blue and a moderate violet. Along with her cerise eyes, she had a tattoo of a rainbow lightning bolt with the red, gold and blue of her mane on it emerging from a cloud. Looking ready to pounce at me I quickly looked at a very elegant pony that had a horn with a light gray coat, indigo curled around three times and on the shadowed side, a gradient of dark mulberry to moderate mulberry and beautiful azure eyes with three light blue. diamonds for her tattoo. The dragon had light mulberry scales with a light spring budish gray underbelly and light lime green ears, harlequin spikes and pistachio eyes. He was standing in front of the previous described pony with an arm out to protect her. All I heard before being tackled to the ground by the pony in front of the three was a familiar scared voice saying nervously "that's him".

Then the pony that attacked me asked me" How are you, and why did you follow Fluttershy here."

I knocked her off dusting myself down and answered" What the fuck, I came here to apologize for scaring her, not to be attacked."

A lit bit of realisation of what I had just said she soon apologized while rubbing the back of her neck, "Oh sorry,"

A bit pissed off I reply with "You should be, Who do you think you are just attacking someone who is trying to apologize for scaring off someone? Huh."

"Well you did break in" She quickly added

"Point taken, whose house is it and I'll apologize as well." I answered still annoyed at what she had just did.

"It is my house or it was at one time, I'm Twilight Sparkle." She politely intervened. She then thought it was best to introduce the rest of the people in the room to me." This is Rainbow" points to the one who had assaulted me, still rubbing the back of her neck in embarrassment." You have already met Fluttershy" Pointing to the pony cowering behind the other two, to nervous to say anything. "Sort of" I said under my breath so that they couldn't hear it." This is Pinkie Pie" motioning to the pink pony waving at me "Heya". "This is Applejack" pointing to the pony with a hat, as she tips it to me. "This is Rarity" pointing to the pony behind the dragon "charmed". "Last but not least my baby dragon spike" the dragon in front Rarity steps forward "Hi". "Nice to met you all" I tell them all so I don't have to introduce myself to them all.

Fluttershy was the first to speak up "Where's your friend".

Knowing that I couldn't talk my way out of this I had no choice but to come clean, I walked back in the kitchen and motioned for him to come. He nodded and remained quite, then nudging me to speak up. "I'm Alex and this is Dara".

Twilight and Spike seemed to somehow to know we were human and asked "How did you get here, was it the mirror?"

Not wanting to tell Dara that I was the reason that we are here I answered "What mirror? I was asleep, heard a voice that asked what can't I live without and then woke up here with him." summarising the events but the way Luna most likely did with Dara

"You said you were dreaming?" Twilight questioned

"Yeah, why?" Getting a little nervise about what she knew.

"It must have been Luna. But why would she bring you here?" She started to think before turning back and said "Spike, take a letter for Princess Luna."

Trying to not lie I say told her "That name sounds familiar"

Twilight and Dara both looked at me differently, Dara with confusion and Twilight with the fact of being right. "Perfect, so it was her." Twilight said and moved closer to Spike and started to tell him what to write.

"Dear Princess Luna,
I think I may have come across someone you may know and helped bring here. They can stay with us tonight as it is late. Tomorrow we shall bring them to you and your sister. I await to your reply.
From Princess Twilight Sparkle"

Once Spike finished taking down the words Twilight asked for him to, he blew a green flame onto the scroll. It turned to ash and flew out the window in the direction of the mountains. "You can can stay here tonight, I have a guest room upstairs for one of you and the other can take the couch." Twilight told us.

"You take the room I'll be grand on the couch." I whispered to Dara who just seemed like he didn't know what to do in this situation. I understand it's not everyday you wake up in a new world that unknowing to you, that your best friend brought you to have a better life, especially through all the shit we have gone through.

"Suit yourself" he said then turned to Twilight and asked her where it is "It's been a long day and I'm really tired from all these surprises can you show me where the room is please."

Twilight nodded and Spike spoke up "I'll take you to your room. Spike then turned and headed up the stairs followed by Dara.

Once he was gone I turned to Twilight and whispered into her ear so that only she could hear "I have not told you the full story, I would prefer to say it in front of Luna and so that he can get use to this place before I tell you all the full truth". She turned back to me looked me in the eyes to show that I was now telling the truth.

She then turned to her friends and said "It's getting late I think you should all head home and get some rest before the train ride tomorrow. Meet back here at 11:00 in the morning. Good night girls." They replied in unison "Good night Twi". Twilight closed the door after them and said "I'll see you in the morning. Good night Alex."

I replied simply with "Good Twilight and thank you for allowing us to stay here for the night."

This brought a smile to her face, she then said "Your welcome" then walked upstairs to leave me to fall asleep.

I sat down on the couch moved the pillows for me to be comfortable then thought to myself, 'Well how am I going to tell Dara this and how will he react. He's not been the same since he lost his whole family. I'm the only one he has left. Well hopefully tomorrow will be better'.

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Author's Note:

If you are wondering about the colours I used to describe the mane six I went on to the wiki for the show and just used them colours provided, I know it may be a cheap tactic but it's better than just saying 'there was a pink pony with a lighter pink messy mane and tail', I didn't do it for Luna in the previous chapter because I didn't want to. I will be doing this for Celestia and any other big characters in the show like cadence and shining